As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn’t in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.
WILLIE NELSONI never pretended to have a great voice. It works and I can carry a tune. If you have a good song, that’s about all that’s required.
More Willie Nelson Quotes
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I’m drowning in whiskey river.
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My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.
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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart.
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Heard you told him that you’d love him ’til the end of time. Now that’s the same thing that you told me.
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What has changed is that nothing has changed. That’s what has made me more unhappy than everything else.
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You can’t make a record if you ain’t got nothin’ to say.
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When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.
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I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
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Three chords and the truth – that’s what a country song is.
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One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.
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I believe that all roads lead to the same place – and that is wherever all roads lead to.
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I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there’s a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.
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When you put your life in a good place, good things follow.
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If a song was ever good, it’s still good.
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